diff --git a/src/main/java/org/searsia/SearsiaOptions.java b/src/main/java/org/searsia/SearsiaOptions.java
index cf07cc7..8a2bd91 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/searsia/SearsiaOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/searsia/SearsiaOptions.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ private void setDefaults() {
         pollInterval   = 120;
         logLevel       = 2;
         myURI          = "http://localhost:16842/searsia/";
-        motherTemplate = "http://search.utwente.nl/searsia/search?q={q?}&r={r?}";
+        motherTemplate = "https://search.utwente.nl/searsia/search?q={q?}&r={r?}";
         indexPath      = friendlyIndexPath();
         myName         = null;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/searsia/web/Update.java b/src/main/java/org/searsia/web/Update.java
index f385ca1..bae0f28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/searsia/web/Update.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/searsia/web/Update.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public Response options() {
 
 	/**
 	 * Updates the engines database with a new resource. Test with:
-	 * curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/searsia+json; charset=UTF-8' http://localhost:16842/searsia/update/2 -d '{"resource":{"id":"2", "apitemplate":"http://search.utwente.nl/searsia/suggestions.php?q={q}", "testquery":"osiris"}}'
+	 * curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/searsia+json; charset=UTF-8' http://localhost:16842/searsia/update/2 -d '{"resource":{"id":"2", "apitemplate":"https://search.utwente.nl/searsia/suggestions.php?q={q}", "testquery":"osiris"}}'
 	 * 
 	 * @param id engine identifier
 	 * @param headers http headers
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/searsia/engine/SearchEngineTest.java b/src/test/java/org/searsia/engine/SearchEngineTest.java
index cdb1d84..828ebbb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/searsia/engine/SearchEngineTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/searsia/engine/SearchEngineTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ private SearchEngine hiemstraSearch() throws XPathExpressionException {
 	}
 	
 	private SearchEngine searsiaSearch() throws XPathExpressionException {
-		return new SearchEngine("http://search.utwente.nl/searsia/search.php?q={q?}&r={r?}");
+		return new SearchEngine("https://search.utwente.nl/searsia/search.php?q={q?}&r={r?}");
 	}
 	
     @BeforeClass
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/searsia/web/SearchTest.java b/src/test/java/org/searsia/web/SearchTest.java
index b9908b8..a115b96 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/searsia/web/SearchTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/searsia/web/SearchTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class SearchTest {
     private static HitsWriter writer;
     
     private static SearchEngine utwente() {
-    	return new SearchEngine("http://search.utwente.nl/searsia/search.php?q={q?}&r={r?}", "utwente");
+    	return new SearchEngine("https://search.utwente.nl/searsia/search.php?q={q?}&r={r?}", "utwente");
     }
  
     private static SearchEngine wrong() {